Stroud Township

Boy Charged In Beating, Robbery Of Cab Driver

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the beating and robbery of a female cab driver in Monroe County.

Stroud Area Regional Police Department said the juvenile is facing robbery and simple assault charges through the Monroe County juvenile court system.

Police said several anonymous calls made because of media reports about the robbery helped identify a possible suspect. Police said they made an arrest after gathering additional witnesses and evidence and with assistance from the Stroudsburg Area School District's resource officer.

The boy allegedly assaulted a 25-year-old female cab driver for WGM Cab around 6 p.m. Nov. 2. At the time of the assault, she told police she believed the man was in his 20s. She had driven him from the Hughes Library in Stroud Township to Blue Mountain Estates, a gated residential community in Stroud Township.

According to police, she pulled into a driveway and the assailant began to punch her in the face and demand money after she turned to collect the fare from him. She gave him an undisclosed amount of money and he fled on foot.

Police questioned her at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, where she went for treatment after the robbery.